A hip wear simulator for the evaluation of biomaterials in hip arthroplasty components

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 259-271

  Mejia, Lito C ^a   Brierley, Thomas J ^a  

^a MTS Systems Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue and wear of biomaterials; Implantable biomaterials; Joint simulator wear testing; Prosthetic hips; Wear of polyethylene

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; ROTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; WALKING;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD; CALIBRATION; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; ROTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; WALKING;

EID: 0028249112     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: 18783619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BME-1994-4402     Document Type: Article

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